Compare Square and BIDBUILDER - May 2022

Shlomi Lavi

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Square or BIDBUILDER?

Square is more expensive to implement (TCO) than BIDBUILDER, and BIDBUILDER is rated higher (92/100) than Square (67/100).

Looking for the right Construction Estimating solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

Square Takeoff Vs. Digital Canal

Square Takeoff: Square Takeoff is designed to allow you to complete a residential or commercial takeoff and estimate on any desktop or mobile device. Just upload your digital blueprints into the software and in no time you will be completing your project estimate.

Digital Canal: At Digital Canal, we make a “straight line” from you to us by cutting out the middleman, just like Dell Computer. At Digital Canal, we deal directly with you, bypassing dealers and their 40% markups. We are located in Iowa – and maybe it seems old-fashioned in this day and age, but we still believe having a relationship with a client matters. For ...

Who is more expensive? Square Takeoff or BIDBUILDER?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Construction Estimating software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for Square Takeoff and BIDBUILDER.

Square Takeoff price starts at $997 per license , On a scale between 1 to 10 Square Takeoff is rated 10, which is much higher than the average cost of Construction Estimating software. BIDBUILDER price starts at $75 per month , When comparing BIDBUILDER to its competitors, the software is rated 6 - similar to the average Construction Estimating software cost.

Bottom line: Square Takeoff is more expensive than BIDBUILDER.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Square Vs. BIDBUILDER based on some of the most important and required Construction Estimating features.

Square Takeoff: We are still working to collect the list of features for Square Takeoff.

BIDBUILDER: We are still working to collect the list of features for BIDBUILDER.

Target customer size

Square Takeoff's typical customers include: Small, medium and large size businesses, and BIDBUILDER's target customer size include: Small, medium and large size businesses.